Yvonne Cormeau Military person
Yvonne Cormeau, born Beatrice Yvonne Biesterfeld (18 December 1909, Shanghai, China – 25 December 1997, Fleet, Hampshire, England) was a heroine of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War who was the second female radio operator to be sent to France and who talked her way out of arrest by pretending her wireless was an X-ray machine.
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allegiance | United Kingdom France |
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military command | Wheelwright |
service start | 1943 |
service end | 1945 |